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ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED TEST BANK NGN LATEST 2026-
2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
1. A nurse is beginning a therapeutic relationship with a client.
The nurse should plan to accomplish which of the following tasks
during the working phase?
a. Establish boundaries between the nurse and the client
b. Evaluate progress toward predetermined goals
c. Inform the client about confidentiality rights
d. Set short- and long-term objective for the future - ANSWER-b.
Evaluate progress toward predetermined goals
2. A nurse Is planning care for a client who has anorexia
nervosa and is admitted to an inpatient eating disorder unit.
Which of the following is an appropriate intervention? (p. 167)
a. Use systematic desensitization to address the client's fears
regarding weight gain
b. Allow the client to select meal times (A structured and inflexible
eating
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schedule at the start of therapy, only permitting food during
scheduled times, promotes new eating habits and discourages
binge or binge-purge behavior.)
c. Initiate a relationship built on trust with the client.
d. Negotiate with the client the opportunity to reweigh. -
ANSWER-c. Initiate a relationship built on trust with the client.
Systematic desentization: planned, progressive, or
graduated exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli -Gradually
expose the client to a food starting with small amounts, stay
with them to assist with relaxation
I guess C is more right though?? EWAN
3. A nurse is providing discharge teaching about
manifestations of relapse to the family of a client who has
schizophrenia. Which of the following information should the
nurse include in the teaching?
a. The client develops an inability to concentrate
b. The client increases participation in social activities
c. The client exhibits an inflated sense of self
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d. The client begins sleeping more than usual - ANSWER-a. The
client develops an inability to concentrate
4. A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a client. Which
of the following actions should the nurse take during the working
phase of the nurse-client relationship?
a. Summarize goals and objectives.
b. Address confidentiality.
c. Promote problem-solving skills.
d. Establish a participation contract - ANSWER-c. Promote
problem-solving skills.
5. A nurse is developing a teaching plan for the family of an
older adult client who is to receive transcranial magnetic
stimulation. Which of the following information should the nurse
include in the teaching plans?
a. The client might have a headache after treatment (a/e mild
discomfort and tingling sensation at the site of the electromagnet)
b. The client will require intubation after treatment (client is alert
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during the procedure)
c. The client is at risk for aspiration during treatment (nothing is
placed in the mouth, only a noninvasive magnet in the head)
d. The client will experience a seizure during treatment (RARE)
(ECT) - ANSWER-a. The client might have a headache after
treatment (a/e mild
discomfort and tingling sensation at the site of the electromagnet)
5. A nurse overhears a client saying, "I am a spy, a spy for the
FBI.
I am an I, an eye for an eye, an eye in the sky. Sky is up high. The
nurse should document the client's statement as which of the
following speech alterations?
a. Clang association Meaningless rhyming of words, often
forceful, such as, "Oh fox, box, and lox."
b. Echolalia Repeating words spoken to him
c. Word salad Words jumbled together with little meaning or
significance to the listener, such as, "Hip hooray, the flip is cast
and wide-sprinting in the forest."
ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED TEST BANK NGN LATEST 2026-
2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
1. A nurse is beginning a therapeutic relationship with a client.
The nurse should plan to accomplish which of the following tasks
during the working phase?
a. Establish boundaries between the nurse and the client
b. Evaluate progress toward predetermined goals
c. Inform the client about confidentiality rights
d. Set short- and long-term objective for the future - ANSWER-b.
Evaluate progress toward predetermined goals
2. A nurse Is planning care for a client who has anorexia
nervosa and is admitted to an inpatient eating disorder unit.
Which of the following is an appropriate intervention? (p. 167)
a. Use systematic desensitization to address the client's fears
regarding weight gain
b. Allow the client to select meal times (A structured and inflexible
eating
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schedule at the start of therapy, only permitting food during
scheduled times, promotes new eating habits and discourages
binge or binge-purge behavior.)
c. Initiate a relationship built on trust with the client.
d. Negotiate with the client the opportunity to reweigh. -
ANSWER-c. Initiate a relationship built on trust with the client.
Systematic desentization: planned, progressive, or
graduated exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli -Gradually
expose the client to a food starting with small amounts, stay
with them to assist with relaxation
I guess C is more right though?? EWAN
3. A nurse is providing discharge teaching about
manifestations of relapse to the family of a client who has
schizophrenia. Which of the following information should the
nurse include in the teaching?
a. The client develops an inability to concentrate
b. The client increases participation in social activities
c. The client exhibits an inflated sense of self
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d. The client begins sleeping more than usual - ANSWER-a. The
client develops an inability to concentrate
4. A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a client. Which
of the following actions should the nurse take during the working
phase of the nurse-client relationship?
a. Summarize goals and objectives.
b. Address confidentiality.
c. Promote problem-solving skills.
d. Establish a participation contract - ANSWER-c. Promote
problem-solving skills.
5. A nurse is developing a teaching plan for the family of an
older adult client who is to receive transcranial magnetic
stimulation. Which of the following information should the nurse
include in the teaching plans?
a. The client might have a headache after treatment (a/e mild
discomfort and tingling sensation at the site of the electromagnet)
b. The client will require intubation after treatment (client is alert
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during the procedure)
c. The client is at risk for aspiration during treatment (nothing is
placed in the mouth, only a noninvasive magnet in the head)
d. The client will experience a seizure during treatment (RARE)
(ECT) - ANSWER-a. The client might have a headache after
treatment (a/e mild
discomfort and tingling sensation at the site of the electromagnet)
5. A nurse overhears a client saying, "I am a spy, a spy for the
FBI.
I am an I, an eye for an eye, an eye in the sky. Sky is up high. The
nurse should document the client's statement as which of the
following speech alterations?
a. Clang association Meaningless rhyming of words, often
forceful, such as, "Oh fox, box, and lox."
b. Echolalia Repeating words spoken to him
c. Word salad Words jumbled together with little meaning or
significance to the listener, such as, "Hip hooray, the flip is cast
and wide-sprinting in the forest."
